29 Sunday Dec 2013
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The weather was finally warm enough to take a small ride this afternoon. I think the temperature got up to around 53 degrees so I decided I’d take advantage of the wonderful sunshine and take a spin. Although the temp was around 53 it was still cold doing 15 or so mph. I don’t own any cold weather gear so my upper body got quite chilly. I got 15 miles in before calling it done. Probably the last time I’ll get in a ride this year. I can’t wait until spring.
21 Saturday Dec 2013
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I’m really excited about today. I have decided to take my life back and start loosing this weight again. Since it’s become cooler I haven’t been able to get outside and ride. It’s no excuse though because I have both a bicycle trainer as well as a treadmill and I haven’t been on but a few times.
I’ve set new goals that I think I’ll be able to achieve.
1. No sweets
2. 10,000 steps a day
3. 2,000 calories or less a day
4. Use the treadmill and bicycle trainer at least three times a week
5. Cut out soft drinks.
7. Nothing to eat past 7 pm
I want to loose at least 10 pounds by the end of February.
Today’s starting weight is 287 pounds.
Short Term Goal 277 pounds by February 28th
Long Term Goal 225 pounds by January 2015
Wish Me Luck.
29 Tuesday Oct 2013
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After a horrid weekend, by the way, sorry for the rant the other day, I went on a short bike ride through my community. It’s the first one since I broke my rib at work. It took me a little while to get motivated and I guess that’s because of the mood I was in.
Once I got on the road I started feeling better. I don’t know if it’s because of the wind in my face or the exercise I was getting but I was a different person when I got home. In fact, my wife even noticed a difference.
With the days getting shorter and the time change this weekend it will be near impossible for me to get a ride in when I get home from work. I’ve got a trainer that I’ve been on a couple of times and believe me it’s not the same as being out on the road.
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
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One of my daughters woke up sick yesterday morning now I guess it;s my turn.
I started out in May riding an old 12 speed Trek. I bought it from a co-worker 15 or so years ago. According to the serial number the bike is a little over 30 years old. It served it’s purpose because I didn’t want to go and spend a lot of money on a bicycle if I wasn’t going to stick with it, Come to find out I love to ride. In fact, so much so I found a bike on the internet that I fell in love with. After putting over 1000 miles on my old Trek I purchased a 2013 Cannondal from a guy in Mississippi.
On average I ride about 60 miles a week. Now that the daylight hours are getting shorter I find it difficult to get my mileage in. Also, I broke a rib Saturday before last and that too has put a damper on my riding. I have a trainer that I will put to use to help me keep my muscles in shape during the winter months.
My first attempt at riding in the rain.
My riding hasn’t come easy. I’ve had several wrecks that fortunately only caused minor damage to me and my Trek. I’ve had road rash, and bent rims but I’ve learned to get back on the bike and keep going and not give up.
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
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As stated earlier, I’ve had a problem with my weight since before I got married some twenty some odd years ago. In 2009 I was at 345 lbs, my heaviest and at the same time, my lowest in self esteem. I decided then to start doing something about it.
I can’t give all the credit to my weight loss to diet and exercise. If you’re a diabetic like I am all you have to do to loose weight is to stop taking your medications. This was not a good idea and do not attempt if you’re a diabetic. I did it to save money and I thought I could take care of my diabetes with just my diet and exercise. There was two major things wrong with this; 1) I didn’t exercise and 2) I didn’t stick to any diet.
Things got a little harry after not being on any medications for a while. It was only after I started loosing feeling in my feet when I decided to go back under my doctors care. In 2011 I had lost down to 311 with a loss of 34 lbs. Not bad for weight loss but I wouldn’t recommend loosing it the way I did.
November 2012, my doctor and I had a serious conversation about my sugar levels still being way out of control. I came home that afternoon and got on my treadmill and have been exercising ever since,
Before/During
I now weight 270 lbs and I’ve still got several pounds to go. I’ve started riding a bicycle in May of this year and I really love being out doors. More on my bike riding in my next post.
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